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Budapest apartment rentals - property listings

The real estate listings below are published by various landlords and real estate agencies in Budapest. You can directly contact the publishers via phone or an email message by clicking the "contact member" link appearing next to each property. Many of the below published ads for Budapest apartment rentals are available for long term periods, however there are quite a few properties available for shorter terms (as you can find indicated in the description of each listed property). The apartments are in most cases fully furnished, centrally located, and ready to move in.

If you're interested in renting a room in a shared apartment, or if you have a room to let and you're just looking to meet new flatmates, then checkout the Rooms & Flatmates section of the site, where you can meet and chat online with other members looking for flatshares.

About roommatesbudapest

RoomMatesBudapest.com is a residential properties website and rentals search engine in Budapest, with a wide selections of apartments for rent, flat-shares, rooms and flatmates listings. Publish your ad and browse through our real-estate portal to find apartment rentals in Budapest or to chat online with other members looking for flats to share.

As many agencies and private landlords list their properties for rent on our housing portal, we offer not only properties for rent, ranging from cheap apartments to luxury homes and rooms, but also profiles of locals, foreign students and expats looking to meet flatmates in a safe, interactive way.

As many of the flats in the city center are rented by foreigners (whether international student or expatriates), then there are certain local regulations and standards that are important to get familiarized with before starting your search for apartments for rent in Budapest, in order to do it safely and without concern.

What are the costs you should expect:

When it comes to related costs, tenants need to pay the monthly rent price (in Hungarian it's called bérleti díj), as well as the monthly common costs (közös költség in Hungarian) and the overhead utility charges for water, electricity, heating and water. While the rent price and common costs are fixed, the other utility costs are in most cases calculated per consumption, so they are determined by tenant's average usage.

It's important to take into consideration that while the common costs are used to cover the building's maintenance fee, such as cleaning of the stairway, elevator maintenance and the building's insurance, in some cases additional charges are included in this fee, which can save money for the tenant. These charges can include the water consumption (hot and or cold), the heating of the apartment (in case of a central heating system) and building's restoration charges (felújítási alap) which is supposed to be paid by the owner directly. As such, make sure to ask for a description of what exactly is included in the common costs and verify the rental agreement states clearly what's the tenant's maximum monthly payment on top of the rent.

As for required funds to secure the rental contract - in almost all cases, 2 months deposit will be required as well as the first month's rent, and first month's common costs charges. In some cases (such as a luxury apartment or if you plan to have a pet in the household), the landlord or the rental agency might require 3 months deposit upfront. The deposit is paid back after the rental agreement expires pending all due bills by the tenant were paid and no damages done to the flat during the tenancy.

Do I need to bring something else for signing the rental contract?

You'll also need to bring with you some form of identification, such as a passport or driving licesne, and in some cases, the most strict rental agencies in Budapest might ask for a notary to counter sign on the rental agreement as an extra precaution.

Before signing the tenancy agreement and moving in to the apartment, remember this important point!

Make sure you review the condition of the property thoroughly with the real estate agent or the landlord, and mark any damages or broken furniture you see. This should be added to the rental agreement as an appendix and used as reference once the rental period expired in order to secure your security deposit is returned fully (pending not other issues came up).

With regards to furnishing, bed linens and cutlery - most of the available apartment for rent in Budapest that are suitable for foreign tenants are fully furnished and include at least the basic electrical appliances (which are a washing machine, refrigerator, micro wave and oven). Make sure those are present in the apartment before moving in, and that they working properly. If you see something is not working, you can ask or even add a clause to the rental agreement specifying that the owner or property management company is liable to have these items working by the date of your moving in to the apartment to start your tenancy period. close details

RoomMatesBudapest.com is a rentals search engine in Hungary for residential properties, connecting directly between property owners and tenants in a secure and in interactive way. The properties listings published on the site include apartments for long term rental periods, luxury flats, student apartments, medium and short term apartments in the city center.

Most of the tenants on the website which are seeking accommodation are foreigners moving to Budapest for work assignment, such as expats and interns, as well as many international students living in Budapest for either long or short term periods, mainly studying in the universities of Semmelweis, Szent Istvan, CEU, IBS, Corvinus, ELTE, BME, ESSCA, and other affiliates of the ERASMUS program. As most foreigners and internationals are looking for apartments to rent in the more central areas of Budapest, they have an increased budget and are able to pay the higher rent prices for accommodation that is centrally located and in good standard.
Landlords, real estate agents and homeowners with available apartments or rooms for rent can list and publish their properties on our website, contact and screen tenants directly. This allows homeowners to take advantage of our portal by publishing their apartments in their own terms, and in that way save on the commission that they would otherwise need to pay a rental agency, which is usually a one month rent.

Another advantage for landlords to publish their available apartment, house or room on the website is that it gives them full control on the process of screening tenants, as they can view tenants' profiles online, compare, chat and discuss directly before singing a rental agreement. (Which is a process usually in full control of the rentals agency).

Who can post property ads on your site?

Everyone! All of the rooms and apartments for rent listings published on our site belong to private landlords, agencies, and property management companies, some of them are our members for many years, as they have had great experience continuously letting out their properties to tenants via our real estate portal, allowing them to collect higher rent prices, save money on the agency commission, control the screening process of the tenants, and generally make a higher yield.

So how does your search engine for rentals work?

Our advanced properties matching algorithm scans all listings published on the site (such as apartments, rooms, houses, tenants and flatmates) and automatically matches their criteria to your set preference, that way you can rent your apartment or room to a tenant which you personally interviewed and selected, so you have more control on the rental process, making you less dependent on your agency.
Real estate agencies and brokers who have multiple properties to let can join as our affiliates and place of all their listings on our real-estate portal, as well as benefit from various promotional tools we offer the realtors and agents publishing their available properties o our site.

Generate extra income by either dividing your apartment or renting it by rooms!

We offer a unique opportunity to private landlords and homeowners who have a spare room to let in their apartment to generate additional passive income. Advertise your property on RoomMatesBudapest.com to find foreign tenants looking for housing in Budapest and earn considerable extra income from letting a room or several rooms in your apartment for medium or long term. As rental prices significantly soared over the last couple of years, especially in districts 5,6,7 in which prices went up up to 20%, landlords who listed their properties for rent on our rentals search engine and found tenants for their empty flat or room made a substantial amount of additional passive income.

For more information regarding advertising your available properties on our rentals search website, please don't hesitate to contact us and our support team will gladly assist you with additional details or with uploading your spare room or available apartments to rent to the site. close details